CONTENTS. THE VOCATION TO THE RELIGIOUS STATE. I. We ought to conform to the designs of God in the choice of a state of life, whatever it may be 5 II. The vocation to the religious state. How important it is to follow it promptly 7 1. Misery to which one exposes one's self by not corresponding to it 7 2. We must obey the law of God without delay. 11 III. Means to be employed for preserving a religious vocation in the world 17 1. Secrecy 17 2. Prayer 25 3. Recollection 26 IV. Dispositions required for entering religion 28 1. Detachment from comforts 32 2. Detachment from parents 34 3. Detachment from self-esteem 39 4. Detachment from one's own will 43 V. Trials which we must expect to have in religious life 48 Remedies in temptation: First : To have recourse to God 49 Second: To have recourse to the Superior 51 Conclusion 53 Considerations for those who are called to the Religious State. Con. I. How the salvation of the soul is secured by entering the religious state 57 Con. II. The happiness of the religious at death 61 Con. III. The account that he will have to render to Jesus Christ, on the day of judgment, who does not follow his vocation 66 Con. IV. The torment which in hell shall be the lot of him who is damned for having lost his vocation 70 Con. V. The immense glory that religious enjoy in heaven 73 Con. VI. The peace God gives good religious to enjoy 78 Con. VII. The damage done to religious by tepidity 82 Con. VIII. How dear to God is a soul that gives itself entirely to him 87 Con. IX. How necessary it is in order to become a saint, to have a great desire for sanctity 91 Con. X. The love we owe Jesus Christ in consideration of the love he has shown to us 96 Con. XI. The great happiness which religious enJoy in dwelling in the same house with Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament 101 The life of religious resembles the life of Jesus Christ 105 Con. XIII. The zeal which religious ought to have for the salvation of souls 109 Con. XIV. How necessary to religious are the virtues of meekness and humility 113 Con. XV. How much religious should confide in the patronage of Mary 117 Exhortation to religious to advance in the perfection of their state 121 Answer to a young man who asks counsel on the choice of a state of life 128 Advice to a young person in doubt about the state of life she ought to embrace 139 Discourse to pious maidens 149 Excellence of virginity 149 Means to preserve virginal purity 159 Conclusion 167 A letter to a young student who is deliberating on a choice of a state of life 169 THE VOCATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD. I. Necessity of a divine vocation to take Holy Orders 195 II. Marks of a divine vocation to the sacerdotal state 200 1. Purity of intention 204 2. Science and talents 205 3. Positive goodness of character 206 III. To what danger one exposes one's self by taking - Holy Orders without a vocation 212 Digitized by Google.

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